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BREAKDOWN GUN Patented Dec. 4; 1894.

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BREAKDOWN GUN.

No. 530,467. Patented Deb. 4, 1894.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,467ydEtGdDGCBmb6r4, 189%.

Application filed March 8. 1894.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLF BALENSIEFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State ot New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Breech-Loading Firearms, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to provide a new and improved firearm, the parts of which can be readily detached and the barrel utilizedas a cane or walking stick, and to provide novel means for cooking andreleasing the firing needle.

To accomplish these objects my invention consists in the features ofconstruction and the combination or arrangementof parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 14s a side elevation of the fire arm. Fig. 2is a plan view (enlarged) of part of Fig. 1 and showing the catch opento let the barrel drop. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of Fig. 2. Fig.4 shows the barrel serving as a cane. Fig. 5 is a sectional sideelevation showing the arm discharged. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5showing the barrel dropped. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showingthe parts ready The gun barrel 1) has a screw thread 1a to which can bescrewed a but-ton or handle a. (Fig. 4) the muzzle h being provided withan end or ferrule portion *5 when the-barrel is to serve as a cane. thebarrel to be connected to the cartridge chamber g jointed or pivoted at12 to the breech portion is having a breech block and from which extendsa tube 4..

The barrel is held up by a spring or catch engaging a stud l and whenthe catch 10 is withdrawn or released (Fig. 2) by the lever 8 fulcrumedto the lugs 9 of the catch 10, the In this position a cartridge f can bewithdrawn by the extractor 11 and a fresh cartridge inserted.

The cartridge extractor 11 is' prevented from becoming detached by thescrew 17 passing through a suitable slot in the extractor to allow thelatter suffi'cient play.

In the tube l is a firing pin or hammer 1 having a split or forkedspring tail guided in The screw thread 14 enables which tends to givethe firing stroke to the pin:

The split tail of the pin 1 has a lug or shoulder 11. adapted to engagetheguide 3 (Figs. 6 and 7) to hold the pin cocked. The

trigger 5 is adapted to move the shoulder 12.

out of engagement with the guide 3 so that I the spring 2 can actuatethe pin 1.

To the cartridge chamber at o is jointed an arm or lever 13 adapted toengage or strike against the collar or projection'm of the pin 1 as seenin Fig. 5. When the barrel 1) is dropped (Fig. 6) the arm 13 acting'onthe collar m will force back or cock the pin 1. The trigger 5, the freeend of which is split or composed of spring blades can be held out ofthe way when desired by having-its free-end jammed or held between lugsp (Fig. 3). The

free end-of the arm 13 may be heldin proper position by a spring qsuitably secured to the gun barrel or cartridge chamber.

Onto the tube 4 is slipped a wooden sleeve or shell 6 and said tube 4has internal and external screw threads 15 and 16 (Fig. 6). To the screwthread 15 is secured the handle d, Fig. 5, and to the screw-thread 16 issecured the stock e having a form similar to that of an ordinaryshoulder gun.

The various parts of the fire arm can be readilydismounted or detachedand the construction of the arm is simple so as to be reliable inoperation and readily repaired whenarm actuated by the barrel andadapted to engage the needle for cooking the latter when the barrel isdropped substantially as described.

2. Agun barrel combined with a firing needle having a forked or splitspring tail provided with a shoulder a ring or guide adapted for theengagement of the shoulder to hold the pin cooked, and a trigger adaptedLOO to engage the tail. for freeing-the latter sub "steutially asdescribed.

3. A. swinging or drgp down gun barrel, combined with at firing needlehaving a, cellar and forked or split spring tail provided with ashculdezga guide for the tell saidguide being adapted for engagement bythe eheulder to hold the pin cocked, an actuating spring for the pinsaid spring being braced between the guide and collar, and enermactuated by the barrel and made to engage the collar for cooking theneedle wh en the barrel is dropped substantially as described.

4. A. gun barrel providedwith a. tube at its breech portion, seid tubehaving an'interual and an external sc1tew'th1'eed,elsteck secured to oneof said screw threedsmind a. handle semace? eured tqthe ether screwthread. substantially as described.

5. A gun barrel provided Withe tube emits breech pertion, said tubehaving an internal and an external screw thread, a stock secured to oneof said screw threads, and a handlese-

